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SPORTS
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THE BATTALION
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f|xas A&M sophomore shortstop Ryan Wardinsky misses the play at second in
iturday’s 7-2 loss to the Longhorns. A&M would rebound to pick up the win on Sunday.
Aggies close series with win
aseball doses against UT with 4-2 win at Olsen Field
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STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
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The outlook was not good for the Texas
M baseball team as they headed into the fi-
1 game of a split series versus the No. 6 Uni-
irsity of Texas.
After losing Friday’s game in Austin and
, today’s game in College Station, about the
er into two companiestty thj n g S a&M had to its advantage were
unrealistic and ms|I senField and junior All-American reliever
id third baseman Chris Russ, who was play-
cet, Microsoft rose to $73.1 hi J f f ^ 12 series since breakin S his foot
per share, a gain of $3.1 e J- Ap " ■. .
from the stock’s close M That combination would pay off for the Ag-
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nent asked a federal judgf |nghoms, 4-2 in front of a crowd of 5,080.
k up the company as puns | A&M now holds a 22-30 record, 10-16 in
[ for monopolistic practice k Big 12, while Texas is 37-11 and 18-7.
nder the plan, also recti S It took Russ a couple of games to get his
ded by 17 states thatfileds Ime back to fonn. In the first two games of the
5t complaints against iries, Russ went 1-3 and 1-4 from the plate
oft, one of the cornpantmile playing at third,
ted by the breakup wouldfl Sunday there would be no lull as he not
■ Windows, the computeftftiy dre w the start on the mound, but took the
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used to smother compete both levels.
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first, flying out in the second, being hit by a pitch
in the fourth and hitting a double in the seventh.
On the mound, Russ pitched 7 1/3 innings,
allowing seven hits and two runs to secure the
win before being relieved by freshman Todd
Deininger. Russ then picked up duties at third
base from Greg Porter.
Deininger pitched the final 1 2/3 innings of
scoreless relief to pick up the save.
Offensively, senior catcher Joe O’Jibway
and freshman left fielder David Evans provid
ed the scoring power for A&M. Each went 2-4
swinging the bat. Evans would score twice and
O’Jibway once.
The catcher drove in Evans in the second
on a triple. O’Jibway followed him to home
plate thanks to an Eric Reed single. Evans
scored again in the eighth after making his
way around the bases to third before going
home on a wild pitch.
The win ends A&M’s Big 12 woes. After
winning on the first day of April against the
University of Kansas, the Aggies did not have
another conference win until the final day of the
month against the Longhorns.
Texas A&M will conclude the season in two
weeks against the University of Missouri Tigers
on May 12-14 at Olsen Field.
Men’s Tennis reclaims
Big 12 championship
with Baylor shutout
STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
KANSAS CITY, MO — For the second time
in three years, the Texas A&M men’s tennis team
is the Big 12’s tournament champion.
The seventh-ranked Aggies blanked fourth-
ranked Baylor, 4-0, in the finals of the Big 12
Championships Sunday at the Plaza Tennis Cen
ter in Kansas City, Mo.
More than 250 fans witnessed the Aggies’ 15th-
straight win and the second conference tournament
in which they did not allow their opponents to
score a point.
The Aggies defeated Oklahoma, 4-0, in the
quarterfinals and topped No. 15 Texas, 4-0, in
the semifinals.
“1 think our kids were very ready to play to
day — not that they haven’t been all year,” said
Tim Cass, A&M men’s tennis coach. “1 think that
if anything motivates you in sports, it’s going on
the road (during the regular season) to play Texas,
Texas Tech, Baylor and Nebraska and only play
ing three home conference matches. We think that
helped motivate us this season.”
Sunday’s win over Baylor marks the Aggies’
third victory over a top-five team this season. In
March, A&M defeated No. 4 Florida and No. 2
Pepperdine at the Varsity Tennis Center.
Against the Bears, the Aggies recorded the
doubles point for the 18th time this season.
They have not lost a match this season when
winning the doubles point.
At No. 1, A&M’s All-America and 10th-
ranked duo of juniors Shuon Madden and Du-
mitru Caradima recorded its seventh top five
win of the season with an 8-6 win over Baylor’s
second-ranked tandem of David Hodge and
Mark Williams.
At No. 3, junior Cody Hubbell and freshman
Ryan Newport clinched the point for the Aggies
with an 8-4 win over Baylor’s Zoltan Papp and
Joey Michalsky.
“[Winning the doubles point] was a big key for
us today,” Madden said. “We lost it to Baylor last
time, but we wanted the momentum right from the
start, so we needed the doubles point. We knew it
SALLIE TURNER/Thu Battauon
Texas A&M junior Cody Hubbell, pictured here against Kansas at the A&M Varsity Ten
nis Center, helped lead the Aggies to a second Big 12 Championship over the weekend.
would be tough from the start.”
In singles play, the Aggies used the momentum
gained from doubles to surge to three quick victo
ries before the Bears could muster a single win.
The fourth-ranked Madden extended his win
ning streak to 15 with a 6-1, 6-2 victory at No. 1
over 21 st-ranked Johann .looste.
Hubbell than gave the Aggies their third point
of the match with a 6-4,6-2 win over 70th-ranked
Papp on the No. 4 court.
With A&M leading 3-0 and four matches still
on the court, the focus turned to Newport on court
No. 5. Having already won the first set, Newport
was leading 5-3 in the second when he held serve
to beat Michalsky, 6-2, 6-3, and clinch the match
for the Aggies.
The next step for Texas A&M is NCAA Re
gional Competition beginning May 13.
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